Friday doesn’t have to be unlucky, especially if you have a hankering for a tattoo.

A tattoo shop tradition is to offer $13 tattoos on Friday the 13th, plus a “lucky” $7 tip. If you’re in the market for some ink, you can drop by either of the Newport Tattoo shops or Blue Collar Tattoo. All three are on Newport Boulevard.

The tattoos would normally cost anywhere from $50 to $120, depending on the design and tattoo shop.

But there’s a catch – you can choose from sheets of tattoos the artists create just for that month. Every design has “13” somehow incorporated, whether it’s wafting in the smoke of a pipe or marking its place as the centerpiece of the tattoo. Usually, the designs are either spooky, funny or both, said Newport Tattoo manager Jake Underwood.

Newport Tattoo at 1765 Newport Blvd. is promoting its artists, with $13 tattoos during the day and an in-shop exhibition featuring the tattoo artists’ paintings in the evening, beginning at 7 p.m.

Tattoo options at Blue Collar Tattoo down the road range from skulls to a roll of toilet paper – artists throw those in because they figure it’s something no one would otherwise choose to tattoo on themselves, said Blue Collar Tattoo artist Mark Gonzalez.

This Friday the 13th happens to fall on a holiday month, so you’ll also see some Christmas-themed tattoos, if you’re in a festive tattoo spirit. Those include a broken ornament, a partially eaten gingerbread cookie, a tree on fire and an elf’s bloody ear.